(….or has made the same dress…) Do it anyway! I’ve recently been eyeballing the 1660 bodice from the V&A, remembering how much I love the 1660s and that I’ve only made one…
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Time Travel: The Baroque Gown at June Gaskells Ball
So what if Gaskell’s Ball in Oakland, CA, has a Victorian theme! I wore the Baroque, and loved every minute of it. I’m continually surprised at how comfortable this costume is. The…
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The Baroque, AT LAST
My lovely blog readers, you have been so patient in waiting for me to chug through a couple other costumes before returning to The Baroque, but at long last your wait is…
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Going Baroque: Mucho Progresso!
Much has been accomplished since last I posted. For one, I worked on the skirt, cutting the front length and making the swooping curve that creates the train in back. I sewed…
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The Baroque-o-Files: Tidbits and The Backs of Things
Please forgive the messy messy room! However, dogs are always included The tabs will be *under* the skirt when it’s worn. I’ve cut the skirt to length, with a big swooping…
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Baroque-Orama: Lace Reform, Etc.
I’ve done so much hand-sewing today that my wrist hurts and I have to stop! I don’t wanna stop!! This morning, being clear, bright, and only minorly breezy, I undertook The Spray…
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Going Baroque: Progress Bit-by-Bit
I could say that this is going slowly and tediously, but each piece is exciting to me! Last night I stitched on another piece of the satin bodice covering, and now have…
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Going Baroque – The Danger of Satin, and a Tale of One Sleeve
This 1660s bodice is coming together in bits and pieces, in no particular order, with no particular sense, yet is somehow coming out alright. I’ve run out of bones, but that didn’t…
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Going Baroque: De-Bling-ification
That’s just TOO MUCH BLING! Yesterday I acquired my trim, 8 yards of stiff, shiny, blingy silver goodness, about 2″ wide…but unfortunately blisteringly, blindingly blingy. Too much bling – baroque though it…
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Going Baroque – The Guts of the Beast
So excited about this costume am I that I spent tonight sewing the lining (simple white muslin) and the interlining (canvas) together and beginning my boning channels, to make the structured base…
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Going Baroque : Patterning Extravaganza
Ah, the joyous process of draping and drafting. There is nothing quite like developing a pattern from nothing, finding the shapes, getting the exact fit. I don’t claim to be *good* at…
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Adventures in the Forgotten Century – American Duchess Goes Baroque
There comes a time in every girly costumer’s seamstressing career when she wants a pink polonaise, a huge, fluffy, crispy, pink taffeta 18th century polonaise. She salivates over the mere idea of…